

On the east side, my kingdom is locked by two key castles where I have put some strong knights to keep them safe. I managed to expand my territory nicely tonight, conquering a difficult castle to the west that is a single entry point to my kingdom in the West, which is very convenient as I don't have to divide my knights to cover several castles. However, as there is a steady flow of knights joining, and as the battles are 3 against 3 (even if there 10 knights in a castle, only 3 partake in battle) then eventually conquering all castles will be possible. Played some more this evening and I did verify that, despite not having an escape route, the enemies could still escape and came back to the main castle of their kingdom. It is finally here, and I think I am going to spend several tenths of hours in it. Every year, there are only a very few games that really get my attention, and I was starting to be worried this game would not arrive in 2020. I am enjoying my time a lot, and I am glad I gave it a chance. So I am still figuring out the details of this game, but it is really really good. Will I take prisoners ? Until now, this did not happen, which is a bit tiresome actually, as it could go on forever if you never diminish the enemy ranks. However in this case, there is no escape route, so I wonder what is going to happen. Every time you win a battle, all the enemy knights flee to the next castle. This was a strategic battle as I now have isolated one enemy castle. I ended my session on a difficult battle which I actually won ! Great news. This game just keeps checking the right boxes, one after another, as far as I am concerned. I am relieved about this, as was fearing I would have to manage a ton of equipment. Inventory management should be seen as a bonus, a way to boost a bit more your troops, but it is kept at a pretty simple level, with few items. And this is mandatory if you wish to expand. For example, it is extremely important to send knights to quests when there is a golden helmet, it means you can find new knights. And it is someone who loves the game that says this.Īnyway, I have played some more tonight and many aspects are coming together slowly. You pretty much apply the same few strategies throughout the game. I wonder if the AI is going to attack or if it is only going to keep its positions.Ĭlick to expand.The battles are actually not very interesting in Dragon Force. Not too sure on how I should proceed from now, especially as the shinobi kingdom seats at the middle of the map, so expending is always a risky move. Also the ruler of each kingdom is actually not in the most remote castle, they tend to come close to the conflict as well, which is quite a surprise. However, the other kingdoms, even if they did not attack yet, have gathered strong troops at the closest castles each time, making it quite complicated to know what I should do, as the stronger ones are clearly too difficult to conquer right now. I did the same thing during the next phase, sending these two knights to another easy castle. On the other side of my kingdom, I had only sent two knights to an easier castle and conquered it easily.

I had to flee and lost all but one of my monsters. There was a mage level 21 among the enemies that absolutely destroyed everything. There is a number above castles that tries to summarize the overall strength of the troops inside it, don't read to much in this as I got my ass kicked during my very first battle. I was fearing that the AI was going to be very aggressive in the conquest phases, but not much happened on its side. So I started the game, picked the shinobi kingdom (which actually is a kingdom of only women lol), and played the first rounds.
